📚 noun • entry_id 52045
compluvium
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compluvio
A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
In the centre of the floor of the atrium a portion was sunk for the reception of rain water; this was termed the impluvium; and above it an opening of similar dimensions was left i…
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